Paper decoration



(No Model.)

R. BURGER.

PAPER DECORATION.

No. 603,619. Patented May 10,1898.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLF BURGER, OF PORT RICHMOND, NEW YORK.

PAPER DECORATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,619, dated May 10,1898.

Application filed September 9, 1897. Serial No. 651,011. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLF BURGER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Port Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PaperDecorations, of which the-following is a specification.

My invention relates to a paper decoration; and the object of it is toproduce a simple and attractive decoration for festive occasions whichcan be conveniently folded up into small space and preserved for futureopportunities.

With these aims in view my invention con sists of an upper andlowerbase, made of suitable stiff material, a string or wire connectingthe bases, preferably in the center, and a number of layers of thintissue-paper artistically cut out and pasted together.

Figure 1 represents one of my paper decorations folded up. Fig. 2illustrates the method pursued in pasting the different layers together.Fig. 3 displays one of my paper decorations, showing it unfolded andhung up.

In the practice of my invention I provide an upper base A and a lowerbase B, cut any shape out of cardboard or an equivalent thereof. paperlayers 0, appropriately colored and pasted together, one layer in thefour corners, the next in the center. The final layers are suitablyfastened to the bases. In the manufacture of the article the nextprocess is best accomplished by machinery. A die is made which with onecut is adapted to stamp out certain portions of the layers, formingthereby a design which when the decoration is opened will be veryattractive in connection with the variety of colors.

Pains must be taken to choose a design that will not stamp out thoseportions by which the layers are joined. The design shown in thedrawings and the model accomplishes this end to very good advantage.

In order to provide means to easily adjust this decoration in variouspositions and also to provide a way to fold up the article at aninstant, I pass a string D preferably through the center of thedifferent layers from one base to the other. This string in the model isfastened at the bottom of one base, but free to pass through the otherbase. For

I also make use of a number of tissue-.

convenience sake a little ring E may be attached at either end with acatch to hold the decoration open. These latter points, however, are ofminor importance. The string may be adjusted and clasped in any mannerwhich will fill the sought-for purpose.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the UnitedStates, is-

1. A paper decoration consisting of an upper base and a lower base withlayers of fine tissue-paper between them, pasted on each other, once inthe center, and once at the edge, or near the edge, or at edgepositions, and a string or wire passing through them, fastened with oneend to the lower base and having a ring at the other end substantiallyas shown and described.

2. A paper decoration consisting of two bases between which a number oftissue-papers are pasted together consecutively once in the center andonce at the corners and a string passing through the center,substantially as shown and described.

3. A paper decoration consisting of an upper base A, a lower base B,tissue-papers C pasted together alternatively, once in the center andonce at the edge or at edge positions, a design F stamped throughout thelayers and'a string D, substantially as shown and described.

4:. In a decoration the combination of the two bases A and B, thetissue-papers O pasted on one another, once in the center, and once atthe edge, or near the edge, or at edge positions, and the string D andone cut-out design stamped through the layers alone or through thearticle as a whole, substantially as shown and described.

5. The arrangement of tissue layers between two bases the tissue layerspasted together once in the center, and once at the edge, or near theedge, or at edge positions, and artistically stamped out, a stringpassing through the layers, fastened at one base, and

ending on the other end with a ring or its IOO

